Conveyer.



A. AWISCHUS.

CONVEYER. APPLICATION FILED MAR.2. 1911.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

AUGUST AWISCHUS, 0F BENSON, NEBRASKA.

CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Application filed March 2, 1917. Serial No. 152,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST Awiscnus, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, resident of Benson, county of Douglas, and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyors, of whichthe following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for collecting andconveying various substances, such as manure, etc, and has as itsprincipal object the provision of means whereby forked grabs may beoperated to engage the material to be moved, the same raised anddeposited in a vehicle so as to be transported wherever desired.

This and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 isa rear end View, partially in section, showing the construction of thetruck and hoisting device.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental side elevation of the grab and its operatingmeans.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental sectional view showing the constructionof the pulley over which the raising rope runs, and means for holding itin engagement.

Fig. t is a top plan view of the same and Fig. 5 is a side elevationalview 'of the same, but showing the parts in another position.

In the drawings, a platform or truck 10 is shown to be supported bypairs of Wheels at the rear and front of the apparatus, the same beingadapted to be moved by horses.

Centrally disposed on the truck frame is a rigid standard 15 to whichare attached braces 16.

In the central support 15 is a vertical shaft 18 connected by a pair ofbevel gears 20 with a horizontal shaft 21 upon which is attached anoperating crank handle 22, so that by rotating the handle the shaft 18is caused to revolve.

Rigidly secured to the upper end of the shaft 18 is a hollow arm 24containing a mast 25, at the end of which is rotatably secured a pulley26, over which runs a rope 27, one end of which may be attached to awhippletree, so that a horse can be engaged with it for raising the loadengaged by the grab forks 30, arranged in a series of pairs and copiesof this patent may be obtained for in such manner that the same can beopened through a lever 31, and pull cord 32 the central part of the rabframebeing secured to the opposite end of the rope 2?.

Attached to the-rope, near the grab, is a weight 33, adapted, when therope is drawn upward, to make contact with a lever 3%, pivoted on thepin 35 and provided with an operating cord 36, by which it may beraised, the lever being held in normal contact with the pulley by thepull springs 37.

\Vhen the weight 33 makes contact with the lower side of the lever 31,the latter is caused to rise, allowing the weight to pass, andpreventing its return as the lever 31 is snapped downward below theweight, and is adapted to sustain a portion of the load.

When it is desired to free the forks suspended by the rope 27, thelatter is slackened and the cord 36 pulled, raising the lever 3a andpermitting the weight 33 to pass so that the grab may be lowered asdesired.

When it is desired to use the grab, the same is lowered in an openposition and engaged with the material to be raised, which is preferablyformed into a hillock, whereupon the rope 27 is pulled, raising thematerialengaged by the grab until the weight 33 is passed over the lever3i, holding the load suspended.

The crank 22 may then be operated, moving the mast arm 25 carrying theload from one side to the other of the platform 10 or deposited ateither endthereon.

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is I The combination with a suspended ropehaving a weight at one end and a winding means at the other, of a pulleyover which said rope operates, a latch having a bifurcated openingthrough which said rope passes, the free end of said latch beingfrictionally engageable with the periphery of said pulley, a springnormally holding said latch in engagement, means for manually releasingsaid latch, and means combined with said rope for locking said latchunder pressure of said grab when said grab is raised to its highestposition.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature this 31st day ofJanuary, 1917.

AUGUST AWISCHUS.

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